They were watching, out there past men's knowing, where stars are drow…

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They were watching, out there past men's knowing, where stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2015). Blood Meridian: Picador Classic, p.228, Pan Macmillan
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